TABLE 1 E

December 2022 , January 2023 , February 2023p, Mar

f p

December 2022f January 2023p February 2023p March 2023p April 2023p

90% Confidence 90% Confidence 90% Confidence 90% Confidence 90% Confiden
Sector/Occupation/Class of Worker
Standard Interval) Standard Interval) Standard Interval) Standard Interval) Standard Interval)
Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate
Error Lower Upper Error Lower Upper Error Lower Upper Error Lower Upper Error Lower
Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit

EMPLOYED PERSONS 49,001 975 47,398 50,604 47,352 804 46,029 48,674 48,797 1,169 46,874 50,720 48,581 1,055 46,846 50,316 48,058 595 47,080
Number (in thousands)

SECTOR 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Agriculture 24.0 0.9 22.5 25.5 22.2 0.6 21.3 23.1 24.1 1.1 22.3 25.9 23.5 1.0 21.9 25.0 21.9 0.5 21.1
Industry 17.1 0.5 16.2 18.0 17.1 0.4 16.4 17.7 16.3 0.6 15.4 17.2 17.5 0.7 16.4 18.7 17.0 0.3 16.5
Services 58.9 0.9 57.5 60.3 60.7 0.5 59.9 61.6 59.6 1.1 57.9 61.4 59.0 0.9 57.4 60.5 61.1 0.5 60.2

OCCUPATION 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Managers 3.6 0.2 3.2 3.9 4.6 0.1 4.4 4.8 4.3 0.2 3.9 4.7 4.4 0.3 4.0 4.9 5.2 0.1 5.0
Professionals 4.9 0.4 4.3 5.6 5.4 0.2 5.2 5.7 5.6 0.3 5.1 6.2 5.4 0.3 4.9 6.0 5.7 0.2 5.4
Technicians and associate professional 3.2 0.2 2.9 3.5 3.9 0.1 3.7 4.1 3.6 0.2 3.3 3.9 4.3 0.3 3.8 4.7 4.0 0.1 3.8
Clerical support workers 7.4 0.3 6.9 8.0 7.5 0.2 7.2 7.9 7.0 0.3 6.5 7.6 6.6 0.3 6.0 7.1 7.6 0.2 7.3
Service and sales workers 23.9 0.5 23.0 24.8 23.2 0.3 22.8 23.7 23.1 0.6 22.2 24.0 22.2 0.5 21.3 23.0 22.6 0.3 22.1
Skilled agricultural, forestry, and fisher 12.3 0.5 11.4 13.2 11.0 0.3 10.5 11.5 11.5 0.6 10.6 12.4 11.7 0.5 10.9 12.5 11.1 0.3 10.6
Craft and related trades workers 6.9 0.4 6.3 7.5 7.1 0.2 6.8 7.3 6.4 0.4 5.8 7.0 7.2 0.3 6.7 7.8 6.7 0.2 6.4
Plant and machine operators and assem 7.6 0.4 6.9 8.2 8.3 0.3 7.8 8.8 7.4 0.3 6.9 7.9 8.1 0.4 7.4 8.7 8.1 0.2 7.8
Elementary occupations 30.0 0.7 28.9 31.1 28.7 0.4 28.1 29.3 30.5 0.6 29.4 31.5 29.9 0.7 28.8 31.1 28.7 0.3 28.1
Armed forces occupations 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1

CLASS OF WORKER 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Wage and salary workers 61.6 0.8 60.3 63.0 62.2 0.4 61.6 62.9 60.9 0.9 59.5 62.3 61.6 0.8 60.2 62.9 61.5 0.4 60.8
Worked for private household 4.3 0.2 3.9 4.7 4.2 0.1 4.0 4.4 4.4 0.2 4.1 4.8 4.6 0.3 4.1 5.0 4.4 0.1 4.2
Worked for private establishment 48.1 0.8 46.8 49.4 48.5 0.4 47.8 49.2 46.6 0.8 45.2 47.9 47.5 0.8 46.1 48.9 47.6 0.4 46.9
Worked for government or 8.7 0.4
8.2 9.3 9.2 0.2 8.9 9.6 9.4 0.5 8.6 10.2 9.2 0.4 8.5 9.8 9.2 0.2 8.9
government corporation
Worked with pay in own-family 0.5 0.1
0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.3
operated farm or business
Self-employed without any paid employ 27.7 0.6 26.7 28.6 27.1 0.3 26.5 27.6 27.2 0.6 26.2 28.1 27.6 0.6 26.7 28.6 27.5 0.3 27.0
Employer in own family-operated farm or 2.0 0.2 1.7 2.2 2.6 0.1 2.4 2.7 2.1 0.2 1.8 2.5 1.9 0.2 1.7 2.2 2.5 0.1 2.3
Worked without pay in own family- 8.7 0.4 8.0 9.5 8.1 0.2 7.8 8.5 9.8 0.4 9.1 10.5 8.9 0.4 8.2 9.6 8.5 0.2 8.1
operated farm or business (Unpaid
family worker)

Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

p - Preliminary.

f - Final.

All estimates used the 2015 POPCEN-based Population Projection.

 TABLE 1 E
December 2022 , January 2023 , February 2023p, Mar
f p

December 2022f January 2023p February 2023p March 2023p April 2023p
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey
Sector/Occupation/Class of Worker
 TABLE 1 Employed Persons by Sector, Occupation, and Class of Worker, with Measures of Precision, Philippines:
December 2022 , January 2023 , February 2023p, March 2023p, April 2023p, May 2023p, June 2023p, July 2023p, August 2023p, September 2023p, October 2023p, November 2023p, and December 2023p
f p

(In Percent)

April 2023p May 2023p June 2023p

90% Confidence 90% Confidence 90% Confidence

Interval) Standard Interval) Standard Interval)
Estimate Estimate
Upper Error Lower Upper Error Lower Upper
Limit Limit Limit Limit Limit

49,036 48,260 1,261 46,186 50,335 48,842 1,151 46,949 50,735

100.0 100.0

22.8 24.3 1.1 22.5 26.1 23.8 1.1 22.0 25.6

17.5 16.9 0.6 15.8 17.9 18.0 0.7 16.9 19.2
61.9 58.8 1.0 57.2 60.4 58.2 1.0 56.5 59.8

100.0 100.0

5.5 5.0 0.3 4.4 5.6 4.1 0.2 3.7 4.5

6.0 5.4 0.3 4.9 5.9 5.6 0.3 5.1 6.1
4.2 4.3 0.4 3.7 4.9 4.1 0.3 3.5 4.6
7.9 7.2 0.3 6.6 7.7 7.0 0.3 6.4 7.6
23.0 21.8 0.5 21.0 22.7 22.3 0.6 21.3 23.2
11.5 12.3 0.6 11.3 13.3 11.9 0.6 11.0 12.8
7.0 6.0 0.3 5.5 6.5 6.6 0.4 6.0 7.3
8.5 7.7 0.4 7.1 8.3 8.0 0.4 7.3 8.7
29.3 30.1 0.8 28.8 31.4 30.3 0.6 29.2 31.4
0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2

100.0 100.0

62.2 60.5 0.8 59.2 61.8 61.5 0.8 60.2 62.8

4.6 4.7 0.3 4.2 5.2 4.2 0.3 3.7 4.6
48.2 46.5 0.8 45.1 47.8 47.6 0.8 46.3 48.9
9.5 8.8 0.4 8.2 9.4 9.4 0.4 8.8 10.0

0.4 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.5

28.0 28.1 0.6 27.1 29.2 27.1 0.6 26.2 28.0

2.6 2.2 0.2 1.9 2.5 1.9 0.2 1.7 2.2
8.8 9.2 0.4 8.5 9.9 9.5 0.5 8.7 10.3